the president saying his rivals are planning a coup. do protest at guantanamo bay u.s. military officials admit to try to commit suicide spot of a desperate act of defiance which is now dragged on for more than two months. tracing terror police in the united states struggle to find even a suspect in the domestic terror attacks since nine eleven monday's boston bombings killed three and injured one hundred eighteen. cheers britain says farewell to the controversial iron lady margaret thatcher figure who continues to divide the nation even in death.

thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. today i'm live in moscow with your world wide. but as well as opposition leader has called off a protest march and blame the government for post-election violence that has left seven people dead and the country is on the edge of political chaos after a razor thin majority in sunday's presidential vote essentially split the nation right down the middle of the new president nicolas maduro has accused the opposition of planning a coup. has all the details. this is the sound of a ferry to fight a nation post-election venezuela what you can hear now are proud to have sprung from supporters of in the wake of relisted the opposition here to support us to stay at home and this make this the sign of their protest nicholas michael see a president who had won by a very narrow margin had urged fireworks around the city from his supporters to capture this a clunking of pops impact model had also banned protests in the center in downtown

half past he said for security reasons now we know we see that after the elections here and it is where the nation it is clearly divided almost split into two now the support for model is just about fifty percent and he is facing a very tough battle as the president has accused the pillar scour of the violence that has occurred the government say that already seven people have died from this post-election violence subpoena saying that it was not us care who was behind this number that has also said that everything the opposition is doing is affected by the united states he says what the prius is pointing out all the evidence of the election fraud he said there were five hundred thirty five voting. machines that were damaged and so the two sides really fighting off. the fight here is that israel is really not has truly not ended after the presidential election and as far

as part of this concert the first thing you have to do is unite a very divided nation and of course one of the biggest challenges is filling full coach obvious issues history to assess or it will be very hard for him to move forward fixing the problems of the country making sure the government the military is behind it and of course the population of the successor of syria reporting right now where nearly half of the entire population of venezuela did vote for compromise some people. a rich kid who just wanted to improve ties with washington d.c. well many experts are saying it's the media that actually help many of the successes off and it's very easy to explain why six percent of the t.v. channels that cover venezuela owned by the government however the remaining ninety four percent are typically owned by people who are affiliated themselves with the opposition so when it comes to the cries in the voices of the opposition getting louder and louder to a bigger audience it's very easy because well they've got ninety four percent of

the t.v. channels in their back pocket so in other words it makes it very difficult for the sympathizers of medusa and for many of chavez to get their voices heard and that's exactly what don de bar a political activist an antiwar activist told my colleague bill dodd except for the state media channel the government has no access to the public over the airwaves the remaining media are in the hands of private concerns which backed the right wing governments that were in venezuela up until go chavez that back to kuwait actually participated in the coup in two thousand and two and have been trying to find a way to unseat the ball of government since it took power so the government can either stand idly by and watch as a cool one falls on the streets in front of it or connect the u.s. is refusing to accept except the election result well what's its role in all of this now well this election is not as contested as the two thousand or two thousand and four presidential elections in the united states venezuela is the nexus point

for the standing up of the global south you know you see u.s. behavior elsewhere where minor interests are threatened this is an existential threat to the global germany of u.s. capital and they're going to try this to squash it if they can. this is r t u.s. military officials have admitted to detainees on a hunger strike at guantanamo bay recently tried to commit suicide but they defended a prison guard raid on cells over the weekend which resulted in violent clashes with several inmates and we spoke to a former guantanamo bay prison a beg he was released from detention without charge after two years though at the end of the day he believes washington will never end up shutting down one ton of open a prison. there has to be a will and i don't think that the will exists certainly have still got people in guantanamo eleven years since the invasion of afghanistan and there's no practical will to send these individuals to places where they're supposed to have

a basic normal life and i don't know when the will is going to come when still problems that were instituted at the time of bush have not been cleared at the time of the hunger strike is a. is an action of desperation they had an old very well in one tunnel that the only way you can get your rights is by taking extreme measures and of course the hunger strike is something something that's been going on and off for the past eleven years this time around i think the numbers that i heard from the lawyers and so forth is it's close to three quarters of the prisoners that are there because they've been there for such a long time almost none of them have been charged with any any recognizable crime and had they been convicted of a crime of terrorism they would have surface sentences by now most of them and i think that's what the the prisoners there protesting about the process about the conditions they're protesting about the water and are over the water that used to come from the taps at the time when i was there it used to be yellow and

undrinkable and not much has changed in that regard because the abuse says that the religious abuses are still taking place the prisons are still complaining about those things through the lawyers and even one of them has just recently written something through his lawyer in the in one the american papers and when he talks about that you people are slowly killing us without establishing any evidence against us at all. well a former senior politicians and members of the u.s. military have now joined the chorus accusing officials of contributing to the spread of torture well an independent american think tank released a report pointing to abuse at guantanamo bay the constitution project saying it was beyond dispute that torture had been carried out there or that the practice has damaged america's moral standing in its ability to criticize others and also has suggested that u.s. personnel have now been put in even greater risk should they be taken captive and the panel concluded that the door remains open to more torture while no one is

brought to account for what's already happened and one of the critics former ambassador james jones he says most guantanamo detainees have completely lost hope . you have the majority of these prisoners for whom our government has said there's no reason to hold them anymore we don't want them they're not there they're not accused of anything and yet they have not taken the actions that are necessary to remove these these prisoners from guantanamo and send them back to their home countries or to a neutral country where they will not be tortured force feeding under the circumstances we've found is tantamount to torture what is inhumane is a treatment for some prisoners in solitary confinement for many many hours at a time sometimes many days the separation from other prisoners so that you don't have that social contact that that is

a form of torture that should be stopped i think the biggest torture for the majority of the prisoners in guantanamo is the lack of hope the fact that they thought that after they were judged. by our government as not necessary not terrorist not needed for information that they should be released and now their concern in many of these that are on the starvation diet many of these i understand just last hope they think they'll never be able to leave guantanamo and that's the reason for their action. so it's one in ten minutes past the hour moscow time certainly a crowd so i went on to say their last goodbyes to the former prime minister margaret thatcher who's been laid to rest in london however alongside the thousands paying their respects so were protesters gathered for what they called quote maggie's good riddance party and the news of the fascist death of eighty seven last week was met with both mournful comment and cheerful celebration as she's famous

for winning before conflict against argentina and helping to end the cold war however a number of hardline policies did not sit well with parts of the public including a stand off with coal miners charlie kimber from the socialist workers party says the funeral ceremony is aimed at covering up the tough reality off policies which are being continued by the current government. this is an orchestrated political event ten million pounds spent on it at a time when the british people are being told that no must come back on vital welfare services and most accept job losses they must accept cops disabled people are being told that they're no longer in times of the benefits of a formally received and instead the money is to our fish not on the funeral of an individual but on a political event which is designed to bolster the conservative party under david cameron tradition which regrettably tony blair and new labor continued as well of

putting the market first in everything and people's interests right at the back of the queue it's quite significant that in britain itself and internationally there's a growing sense that what this funeral was about holtz was a political stunt that was all constrained to in order to cover up the reality about what her policies meant and to canonize thatcherism the idea that working people must pay for the crisis that presently is in gulf in the world margaret thatcher's tenure as prime minister was subject to lively discussion on cross talk with good lavelle's guests offering very differing takes on what defines her political legacy is a quick look. she's a terrible disappointment but she had great power and. great responsibility i think that might be a quote from spider man but it's not funny margaret thatcher did tremendous things

for the middle class in the sense that she was promoted to them ownership she she she deregulated finance and reregulated finance to break the aristocratic club of the upper class she allowed the working class and the middle class to finally own their own homes and start their own businesses there's a reason why during her tenure the u.k. had the largest business investment the largest growth in business investment in europe is because i'm sure her policies were a huge boon to entrepreneurs and i think the strong support she got from the working class bears that out and vindicates those policies like i said before she has to only fifteen percent of the city some strong support from the working part time workers a life long term decline. go ahead the problem is that what you've gotten so well for long term decline. or you can watch of the full edition of crosstalk here on our seventeen hundred two well still to come here on

the program on our search for suspects u.s. authorities are still hunting for clues as to who might be behind the deadly boston marathon bombings and we examine the issues facing the country's domestic security . and russia's top opposition activist facing a decade in prison for alleged embezzlement a case he claims is politically motivated the details after a short break. well with. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got this huge you're covered.

the international airport in the very heart of moscow. pleasure to have you with us here on our brewery sushi in moscow police still have no suspect from monday's boston bombings which killed three and injured over one hundred eighty in fact these are live pictures right here from the scene you can

see the forensic experts right there explosives placed in pressure cookers and packed with nails ball bearings and other bits of metal ripped through competitors and spectators during the city's marathon it was the worst of mastic attacks since nine eleven happening despite the u.s. investing billions in security over a decade ati's anastasio has more from boston. the picture perfect city of boston brings back memories and fears that americans have not dealt with since september eleventh. it really hasn't hit me yet. like i had couldn't sleep last night i'm constantly like anxious nervous and i can't focus on my studies because i'm a graduate student a block from where it happens like wow like if i really had the investigation is yet to determine whether the attack was carried out domestically or by a foreigner and whether or not individuals were behind this and even though

officials say there's no longer an immediate threat security has been beefed up here in boston and throughout the united states the obama administration has already referred to what happened as a terror act but exactly what kind of consequences this will have for america's foreign and domestic policy remains to be seen a media frenzy surrounding the bombings the united states has not seen a similar act in years officials are saying the investigation is still very fluid but the majority of questions yet to be answered who and why was behind the attack and how secure really is the united states of today over the last decade the u.s. has pumped enormous resources into security and steps often criticised for breaching the rights of u.s. citizens and foreigners alike but what are the results and have all these efforts created anything more than an illusion of safety in. boston massachusetts. authorities have received thousands of tips photos and videos as they continue the

search for suspects focusing on people carrying heavy bags or backpacks to try and find out who may have planted these explosives well social media users have contributed by searching through images and sharing information brian becker an antiwar activist believes america's reliance on its military to keep itself safe abroad as now affected its domestic security. since september eleventh the united states government has sent spent hundreds of billions of dollars for government security agencies right now i'm sure as out happened after september eleventh private security companies are salivating over the new contracts that are are soon to come of course that is the business there is there's profits and even mega profits made by this kind of security apparatus but you can see in the case of boston they don't have any leads right now there was no indication that such an attack was coming so is it possible by the by by using military methods and security methods alone to stop terrorist attacks to protect society i don't think

so we can see though that the u.s. policy at home and abroad as well is almost exclusively based on. towards security towards militarization towards the abrogation of civil rights and civil liberties which i think ultimately don't defend protect and make people more secure. now the trial of rushers top opposition activist alexy in the valley has been adjourned for a week he's accused of taking half a million dollars from a state run timber company he had vies nearly four years ago the anti corruption blogger insists however that the case against him is politically motivated details now from oxys you go to school. the court hearing ended just around one hour after starting defense appealed to the judge to reschedule saying they didn't have enough time to properly get ready and the judge agreed to reschedule for next week so i could see the wily exit in the courthouse behind the surrounded by

a crowd of journalists and supporters in fact we're told that some people have to camp out here throughout the night in front of the courthouse to get in since the room inside fits only around sixty people and there's a very heavy media presence and lots of supporters here as well earlier we saw two separate rallies taking place right across the street from one another one well the insupportable you've seen the wily and the other one i guess them but both were conducted quite peacefully is a well known and controversial figure in russia first of all he's an opposition blogger who made his name by conducting his online anti corruption projects he's also a fierce critic of the kremlin and one of the most influential opposition activists and leaders especially during last year's we call for a mass protest but the controversial side is that it sees no wiley's open connection to russian nationalists now about this particular case the authorities are accusing. off organizing a criminal scheme to steal around a half

a million dollars worth of timber from the state company this was back in two thousand and nine when he was the aide to the local governor here in kyoto but his supporters claim that this case is purely political. and a straight to egypt now to stop the ati world update it's the prime minister has been sentenced to one year in prison and stripped of his post for failing to comply with a court decision he can bill and his cabinet had been ordered to cancel the sale of state owned cotton to a saudi businessman but he refused to implement the verdict. activists and families of palestinian detainees kept in israeli jails are rallying across the palestinian territories to mark prisoners day and a calling on the international community to intervene and to release some inmates especially those on hunger strike the recent death and violence of a few hundred from cancer earlier this month smog massive protests on today

palestinian activists cut through the fence of our prison in the west bank almost five thousand palestinians are reportedly in israeli jails more than two hundred fifteen being children. islamic extremism is gaining support in germany and a fear of the enemy is at the gates of the bundestag to curb the spread of governments banned several radical religious groups but some worry that germany's delicate history with extremism could stop authorities doing what's really needed artie's put it all over this report. germany is cracking down on islamic extremism and the latest move three some of the nations were banned after it was deemed they wanted to implement sharia law in the heart of europe those behind making the ban insist they're not anti islamic world in the law we have more than five million muslims living in germany and there's a lot of fruit for corporation and living together and i think that has to be

safeguarded as well as germany's open society and we are able to integrate all people why where is religion or whatever but on the other hand if someone wants to stay in germany he has to fulfill the obligations to keep the laws to accept that we have special laws in fight against terrorism for example and who is keeping these laws has no problems who is not keeping the laws has no right to stay in germany the decision to outlaw these groups coincided with police boiling in the sun. nation attempts on one of radical islam's biggest critics far right party chief marcus by saved the mobs i and i underestimated the danger that's a laugh it's supposed they were arrested very near my house this brings the situation into a whole new dimension my life has changed now i cannot walk without police protection not even shopping i'm picked up from home dropped off at work we're

driving in a bulletproof car this is very difficult to have such a lifestyle just because you engage in politics. in all four people were arrested with bomb making equipment and loaded weapons found in their possession by six critics say he brought this on himself his party incensed members of germany's islamic community last year after tearing the tory is mohammed cartoons around german cities symbols that are deeply offensive to muslims. this is fascination attempt shows that now they want us to shut up with the use of violence in their eyes islamic extremism should not be allowed to be questioned and if you do you end up on a death list it's dangerous a scary development salafism is one of germany's fastest growing islamic sects tracting both muslims aren't calling birds fishel figures show their numbers are growing by the thousand every year those who fear what they see is the islamification of germany believe the country's previous experience with extremism

leaves it unwilling to see the risks of. the problem is that germany's always afraid of the danger from the right because of our past we're very sensitive about that as we should be but the danger of islamification is totally underestimated we will not capitulate we will not stop we will not abandon our path. the banning of groups with links to extremism is the way security services are looking to tackle potentially violent organizations however this leaves the question will it drive extremism underground perhaps making it more difficult to thwart future attacks peter all of a r.t. germany. in the half an hour's time it's a bill dog manning the helm but coming up next in a moment we continue our look at a gold rush finding to the jungles of colombia this is artsy.

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working in this area for thirty years and i've always had to play the armed groups that made me better and you than other ministers of change their name and strategy but just feel the same murderous. high ranking suspects you know coming. pretty upset about that mr president soon. to president putin. but that means. i won't give an interview i'm sorry but no. investigation is a dead. end up and says sick and stop your bullshit and keep quiet or else you'll suffer the consequences. even if there. your bodyguards to watch themselves because the same goes for them. blood river runs from gold singe i've never heard of such a case as ours were so much money and gold has stood for so many years. for all the

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